High Dive
Encyclopedia
High Dive is the fourth album
by American
singer/songwriter Maria McKee
, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music
).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer/songwriter Maria McKee
Maria McKee
Maria Luisa McKee is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice and her 1990 UK solo chart-topping hit, "Show Me Heaven".-Music:...
, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
).
Track listing
All songs by Maria McKee, except where noted.- "To the Open Spaces" (Jim Akin, McKee) – 3:13
- "Life Is Sweet" – 3:49
- "After Life" (Brody, McKee) – 1:33
- "Be My Joy" – 4:14
- "High Dive" – 4:02
- "My Friend Foe" – 3:40
- "In Your Constellation" – 4:19
- "Love Doesn't Love" (Akin, McKee) – 4:15
- "We Pair Off" – 4:39
- "No Gala" – 1:56
- "Non Religious Building" (Akin, McKee) – 5:09
- "Something Similar" – 5:40
- "From Our T.V. Teens to the Tomb" – 4:29
- "Worry Birds" – 3:56
Personnel
- Maria McKee - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Jim Akin - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, guitar, keyboard, vocals, lap steel guitarLap steel guitarThe lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard.... - Chris Bleth - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
- Richard Dodd - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Tom Dunne - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Dennis Farias - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Terry Glenny - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Eric Gorfain - violin, string conductor
- Nick Lane - tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Stephanie Mijanovich - french horn
Production
- Producers: Jim Akin, Maria McKee
- Mixing: Jim Akin
- Mastering: Jim Akin
- Arrangers: Jim Akin, Maria McKee
- Horn arrangements: Jim Akin, Maria McKee
- String arrangements: Jim Akin, Eric Gorfain, Maria McKee
- Art direction: Jim Akin, Maria McKee
- Paintings: Maria McKee
- Artwork: Kevin Robinson
- Photography: Jim Akin
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)Year | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
2003 | Top Independent Albums | 47 |